Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 1, Chapter 8, Text 36 Transcendental activities of the Lord

Text 36 çåëvanti gäyanti gåëanty abhékñëaçaù smaranti nandanti tavehitaà janäù ta eva paçyanty acireëa tävakaà bhava- pravähoparamaà padämbujam O Kåñëa, those who continuously hear, chant and repeat Your transcendental activities, or take pleasure in others' doing so, certainly see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of birth and death.

Seeing the Lord  The Supreme Lord Çré Kåñëa cannot be seen by our present conditional vision.  When Çré Kåñëa was personally present on the face of the globe, not everyone could see Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Rävaëa, Hiraëyakaçipu, Kaàsa, Jaräsandha and Çiçupäla, were highly qualified personalities by acquisition of material assets, but they were unable to appreciate the presence of the Lord.  Necessary qualification to see (appreciate) the Lord is developed by the process of devotional service only, beginning with hearing about the Him from the right sources.

Process of hearing.  In spite of hearing about Lord, sometimes it is experienced that the performer of such devotional service does not see the Lord eye to eye.  The reason is that the first item, çravaëa, is very important. If hearing is from the right sources, it acts very quickly.  Unauthorized persons may be very learned by academic qualifications, but because they do not follow the principles of devotional service, hearing from them becomes a sheer waste of time.  Therefore, first one should select a competent and bona fide speaker and then hear from him. When the hearing process is perfect and complete, the other processes become automatically perfect in their own way.

Differentiating the activities of the Lord  Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference in the transcendental nature of each and every dealing of the Lord with His devotees like Pandavas, Gopis or even killing of Asuras.  But sometimes people, in an unauthorized hearing process, take more interest in hearing about His dealings with the Gopis.  Such an inclination indicates the lusty feelings of the hearer, so a bona fide speaker of the dealings of the Lord never indulges in such hearings.

Hearing about the Lord’s activities.  One must hear about the Lord from the very beginning, as in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam or any other scriptures, and that will help the hearer attain perfection by progressive development.  One should not, therefore, consider that His dealings with the Päëòavas are less important than His dealings with the gopés.  It is said that the Vedas and Puräëas, etc., are all made to revive our lost relation with Him. Hearing of all these scriptures is essential.